Britney Griner’s exact whereabouts unknown after being deported to Russian ‘penal colony’

US Secretary of State, Anthony Brinkencondemned the transfer of an American basketball player this Wednesday Britney Griner to”remote penal colony“In Russia.” “I hope the Russian authorities will provide embassy officials. Regular access to all US citizens detained in RussiaIncluding Britney,” Blinken said in a statement.

players of WNBA Phoenix Mercuryof 23 years oldwas arrested in a Eurasian country last February, 9 and a half years in prison after they found his luggage cannabis oil, a substance prohibited in Russia. From the United States, they believe that Griner was wrongfully detained and that the legal proceedings against her were a farce.

american president, Joe Bidenasked members of his government to do everything possible, so the Kremlin Improve Greiner’s treatment and condition While in prison, according to a White House spokesperson statement, Carine Jean Pierrethey also ensure that the Biden administration will work “unrelentingly” to “bring home” athletes.

Griner’s lawyer accuses him of ignorance of his whereabouts

That same Wednesday, the athlete’s lawyers, Maria Blagovorina and Alexander Boykov, explained to US media that Griner had been transferred from Moscow to another prison and they had not.No information about your exact location or final destination“.

“According to Russian standard procedures, the attorney and the U.S. Embassy I need to be notified when I arrive at my destinationNotifications are sent by official mail and generally take up to two weeks to receive,” they said in a statement to the press.